Outer sole for shoes.



W.- FOWLER.

QUTER SOLE FOR SHOES. Awucmou man MAY a. 1915.

Patenfiapt. 28, 1915.

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BFELELIAEII FQWLER, E GINCENNATI, QEIQ, ASSIGNOE 0E5 0NE-HALF TD CHARLES KBILPEENDORF, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

(METER SOLE F013, EEGEEL Application filed. ma 3, 1935.

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinna-ii, in she countyof Hamilton and State of @hio, have invented. a certain new and useful Improvement, in Queer Soles for Shoes, of which the followiiio is 5. full, clear, and exact description, i'ence being had to the accomoanying wings, forming oi this specification.

iizi'y invention reiates to e novel construciiori of ouiei" soles for shoes. lisphjeot is threefold.

It consists firstly, in the production of e. unifoijm light edge of the sole in the shank; secondly, in the reduction of she Weight of shoe; and thirdly, in the saving of s portion 0]"? the leather for other purposes.

it is old. in the art to bevel the edge of the sole at each side of the shook for she purpose to reduce the thickness of the same. This,

however, does not produce a uniform thickness of the edge because ihe shape of the sole has to he trimmed in accordance with the line of the inseam. and thus more is out away on some parts of the beveled edge than on others, hence the resulib is an uneven ihielmess of the edge. Gne of thGObJQCtS of she invention 18 to remedy this difiicuisy,

In carrying out my invention, take (iii a.

split of the flesh side oi": the sole from the ell to the breast of the heel. The sole, ihus girepei'eri, osioe from the adventoges above stated, eimhies me to produce with less labor o. more pen ses, uniform light edge of the sole in the shank, than by the process used :rr'esens. Qhese ohieots i accomplish by that certain method of cutting or splitting the sole. to be hereinafter more specifically described, and its novelty duly claimed.

in the drawings, Figure l is i plan view of sole. Fig. 2 is A side view. Fig. 3 is p 'speetire view of the split.

sole of :1 shoe which is out out *hiciqness and to the proper size :ci lash, has :1 flesh side i (um is turned upwardly when shoe, and a smooth side 2 Specification of Letters Yeteiit.

Potehseoi gene. 28, 1915.

which is "turned downwardly. The portions of the soie are the toe portion 3, ending at the hall 4:, the shank 5 ending at the breast 6 of she heel sees, and the heei sees 7. in my new method of preparing the sole 1 make 2. out clear across she sole at the bell of the shank on the flesh side of the sole by an appropriate slicing machine. I split off a. portion of leather 8 from the shank. This portion 8 as the line Where the initial out is made is not as shick as the hahmce of the split, bus the split excepfi as the points where the out is stsrteii and finished is of a uniform shieimess 9. The split terminates at Whole width of the shank, leaving, exwp s at the bell of the shank and the breasi off the heel, a. uniform thin edge for the shank. The split is thus of sufiiciene size end ihickmess to he used. in making heel lifts, foresample, and in oihei Ways not necessary to mention, wherein a small. piece of leather is employ-eel. The 'sole will be considerably lighser owing to the removal of this split, resulting in a. lighizer shoe. Moreover, at the hall of the shank, the shoe will be more flexihle. But single cutting is necessary insteed of a sha ing clown of segment-shaped pieces at each side of the sole, and the re sulting edge on he shank of the sole will he of a perieeiiy uniform thinness.

shank portion of uniform thickness through.

out and of less thickness than adjacent poriions oi the sole, said out terminating at 'the breast oi: the heel and at the boil of the she 21h.

WILLIAM FOWLER. 

